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J. M. WiLL Un. o r.' c'fuiEWELAN'D, "o H10. Letters Patent No. 71,105, dared lvoveinliei- 19, 1867.

1i1Piiovriiirir-ry 1N HAND-STAMPS.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN: l i Be it known that I, J. M. WILLI-suit, ofClevelund, county -of Cuyahoga., in the-State ofOliio, have invented 'nnew :rnd improved Hand-Stamp; und I do hereby' declare thaty Athe .following is u-,fnll und exact description thereof, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, and to-tho letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is npcrspective view. Figure 2 is n side view. r

A represents u stereotype or electrot-ype plate of a business card, which may represent :my trade or profession, intended to be printed upon cards, envelopes, letter 'heir-dings, Ste., the printing surface or type face of which is mede convex or slightly elevated in the centre. B represen-ts e. handle having a body, b, to4 which seid plete A l,is fastened. l.

The nature of this improvement consists in forming the printing surface'or the face of the t'ype of :i stereotype or eleetrotype plate used as :t business hund-stempin 'a conve-x form, s`o that whenl making :in impression the central portion of the farce of snid plntewill readily give a eleur nndpdistinct impression upon the paper' or other inutcrinl intended to receive the impression. '.llie edges or border of the said plete een be mede to give the required impression by simply rocking the lnind slightly to the rightnnd left or bock und forth.

To enable others to fully understzu'id my improvement, will describe itsconstruction and operntion.

I mnke :i stereotype er'electrotype' plete, A, ef :my desirable pattern :ind-size suitable for :i business cord n IJ l l i of any trede or profession, and secure it by means of small screws or nuils to n, handle, B, which handle muy 'i l l n 4 vbe turned out of wood in any desiruble form und size convenient to be used by hand; but in order to overcome the diiliculties of obtaining,` n distinct impression of the centrnl pix-rt of the printing foce of the said pluto LI cause it to be pressed up iu the centrati part so :ts to present o. conlrex or rouudedsurfaice upon the fece of the type, thus enabling the whole surface of the printing plate to readily give n.' distinctimpression throughout. The' liand-stnmps ordinarily used h'iive never 'worked satisfactorily in this respect, for when the impression was being mede the crlgeii'or border would rcceivethe most pressure, und unless the miiteiizil intended to receive the impression wus luid upon u slightly rounded sui-farce the centrati purt would be but imperfectly printed.4

'iliese dii-ciilties nrc entirely overcome by the use of my improvement, us, the surface of seid printing pint-e being uiude convex or slightly rounded, the centi-:tl pzirt tney-receive un impression alike with the whole sui-fece.

Hnving thus described uiy improvement', wlmi: I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Forming the printing surfigce A of n. hund-stump, in the manner described und for the purpose set forth.

l i J. M. WILLBUR. Witnesses z l Tiros. J. ComiAN, C. H. CnAsii. 

